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International IDEA in partnership with the Government of Indonesia c.q. the Ministry of State Secretariat and the Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation, will host the International Workshop on Electoral Efficiency and Sustainability. It will take place in Bandung, Indonesia from 21 to 24 October 2025. 

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is convening a one-day Intergenerational Dialogue on 19 September in Sri Lanka, focused on advancing youth participation and representation in leadership and decision-making.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is organizing a three-day Young Women’s Empowerment Academy from 16–18 September, bringing together participants from Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. 

Please join International IDEA’s Asia Pacific Regional Programme on the 24^th of September 2024 for a panel event entitled, “What Happened in the Sri Lankan Presidential Elections?”   

This brief examines the financing of Sri Lanka’s Election Commission (EC) and the challenges surrounding the 2023 local elections, which became an unprecedented test of the Commission’s authority and financial independence. 

This case study explores Sri Lanka’s approach to protecting elections since the current iteration of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka was constituted in 2015. It focuses on responses to natural and human-made disasters and elements of operational planning and disaster preparedness that the ECSL has formalized in cooperation with the government and other agencies.

This regional report on Asia applies the globally informed framework developed in International IDEA’s 2023 report Designing Resistance: Democratic Institutions and the Threat of Backsliding. Through case studies examining eight countries—India, Indonesia, Mongolia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand—the report

This discussion paper is a result of the work performed at the Democracy in South Asia Outlook Forum in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 28–30 November 2024, convened by International IDEA and the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA). The forum brought together a multidisciplinary group of experts from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Migration in Sri Lanka has seen significant growth in the past two decades, with approximately 1.7 million citizens working abroad and nearly 3 million living overseas. Despite this demographic shift, Sri Lanka’s electoral system has struggled to adapt, continuing to leave its absent voters disenfranchised. 

Como parte de la fase de implementación del proyecto "Protección de elecciones", IDEA Internacional realizó una misión a Sri Lanka del 1 al 6 de junio de 2024.

As part of the implementation phase of the "Protecting Elections" project, International IDEA conducted a mission to Sri Lanka from 1 to 6 June 2024.

The Scope and Content of the Sri Lankan Constitution: Perspectives of Opinion Leaders comprises a summary of findings that assesses the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of leaders from the four main ethnic communities (Sinhala, Tamil, Up Country Tamil and Muslim) across the island. These leaders included religious leaders, government officials, office holders of community-based organizations, teachers and school principals.